Doll's house telephone
Tootsietoy
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
50 mm (length); 35 mm (height); 26 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
United States
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669731
Summary
A small cream painted metal doll's house size telephone. The round based stand has a dialling circle at the front and extends upwards to form a cradle, on which fits the handset. A green cord joins to the together. On the underside of the base is embossed 'Tootsietoy, Made In U.S.A.'. A lot of the cream paint is chipped off revealing the grey metal underneath.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs P. Baker-Claire in May 1991.
Makers and roles
Tootsietoy , maker